THE WESTERLY COLLEGE CLUB - Recent Winners

Westerly College Club Announces the Lois Hamilton

Scholarship Winners

Twenty-Two local students were awarded the 2020 Lois Hamilton Fontaine scholarships. The award is given annually in honor of the late Lois Hamilton Fontaine, a revered Westerly High School Latin teacher and Westerly College Club member.

The Westerly College Club recently gathered via Zoom to celebrate its 2020 class of scholarship recipients. In its one hundred and tenth year, the Club awarded $35,000 in scholarships to twenty-two very deserving and inspirational local students. Sixteen of those students were able to attend and share their experiences, talents and dreams for the future. Though greatly impacted by the pandemic, these young people described their determination and creativity in advancing their educations at this difficult time. Among these gifted students there was a nursing student facing her first clinical rotation in the time of COVID, a chemical engineering student minoring in German with the intent of studying overseas, and a music performance major who was forced to perform his recitals virtually. There was a biomedical science major aspiring to be a dentist, a future data scientist at Pfizer who has a virtual comedy show, and finally a geology major with an astrobiology minor who spent last summer’s virtual internship working on the Mars recon rover “poking around the surface of Mars.” Each and every one of them had a special story to tell.

Sixteen of the 2020 recipients were able to attend our January College Club meeting and were introduced to the Club members. They are pictured below.

Westerly College Club 2020 Scholarsip Recipients

All of the recipients are listed below along with their hometown, school, field of study and class.

Jack Adams, Westerly, University of Maine, Engineering Physics, Class of 2023
Caroline Andrews, Pawcatuck, Bentley University, Marketing, Class of 2023
Michaela Burr, Westerly, Rhode Island College, Nursing, Class of 2023
Mia Capparelli, Westerly, University of Rhode Island, Biology, Class of 2023
Andrew Carlson, No. Stonington, Northeastern University, Business Administration/MIS, Class of 2021
Victoria Carreiro, Westerly, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2022
Aiden Chen, Westerly, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2021
Austin Clark, Richmond, University of Rhode Island, Mechanical Engineering and German, Class of 2021
Ella Culton, Westerly, Haverford College, Environmental Studies/Biology, Class of 2023
Tucker Curtis, Charlestown, St. Michael’s College, Biochemistry, Class of 2022
Peter Fiore, Westerly, University of Rhode Island, Music Performance Piano, Class of 2023
Krista Jones, Pawcatuck, Southern Connecticut State University, Political Science/English, Class of 2023
Abiageal Keegan, Westerly, Pennsylvania State University, Biology, Class of 2023
Emily Lewis, Stonington, University of New England, Marine Biology, Class of 2022
Alyssa Perez, No. Stonington, St. John's University, Pharmacy, Class of 2021
Colleen Pringer, Westerly, University of New Hampshire, Biomedical Science, Class of 2021
Megan Roy, Westerly, Fairfield University, Marketing and Management, Class of 2021
Ailill Smith, Westerly, University of Rhode Island, Chemical Engineering and German, Class of 2023
Nicolas Turco, Pawcatuck, Wentworth Institute, Construction Management/Business, Class of 2023
Kierra Wilk, Westerly, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Geology, Class of 2021
Elizabeth Yarnall, Pawcatuck, University of Rochester, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Class of 2022
Izadora Yarnall, Pawcatuck, University of Connecticut, Spanish, Class of 2023

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